Miranda smirked to herself as she made her way downstairs and towards the kitchen, leaving Andrea frozen behind her.
Once they had all made their way down the stairs, Andrea made her way over to the oven whilst Miranda got the girls into their booster seats at the kitchen table. Andrea quickly transferred the salad into a bowl and put the garlic bread onto a wooden board before cutting it up. She then got the plates out of the cupboard just as Miranda came over to her.
"Is there anything that I can do to help?" Miranda asked her.
Andrea smiled and nodded, "Could you set the table whilst I get the pizzas out of the oven?"
"Of course." Miranda agreed with a smile.
Whilst Miranda was getting the cutlery and setting the table with drinks for them, Andrea got each of the individual pizzas out of the oven and put them onto their plates. She cut both Cassidy's and Caroline's up for them so that it would be easier for the girls to eat them.
The girls were playing happily together, talking in their own little language up until the moment that they saw Andrea coming over with their pizzas ad they started bouncing in their seats whilst excitedly shouting the word 'pizza' repeatedly.
Andrea chuckled with amusement as she watched them whilst placing their pizzas down in front of them.
Miranda was stood to the side with a smile on her face as she watched her assistant interacting with both of her daughters, she truly hoped that Andrea would accept the position as their nanny even though it meant that she would lose the best assistant that she had ever had. She knew though that one of the benefits of the woman becoming the nanny would be that Miranda would be able to come home to her every night and that she would be able to spend weekends and holidays with the woman. She would be becoming much more of a part of the family than anyone else who had previously worked in the home for them.
Without being prompted to, Miranda went and got the garlic bread and salad to bring them over to the table.
Andrea smiled at the feeling of domesticity that was around as she and Miranda set up the table for dinner and she grabbed both of their plates, moving over to the table so that they could both sit at the kitchen table with the girls.
Before the two adults had even sat down, both Cassidy and Caroline had started to eat their pizzas. The girls already had pizza sauce and toppings on the sides of their faces and over their hands.
Miranda smiled softly at Andrea, "I will admit that I am rather impressed with tonight's dinner, I was going to order Smith and Wollensky's for dinner to save cooking."
"Well, the girls did most of it," Andrea revealed, "I got them to mix the dough then they decorated their pizzas and yours as well."
"I noticed, I think my girls got more on them than they may have done on the pizzas." Miranda commented.
Andrea cringed, "Yeah, sorry about that."
"No... don't apologise." Miranda said straight away with a shake of her head, "I believe that my bobseys have very much enjoyed themselves today and continue to do so."
Both of the girls were demolishing their pizzas with enthusiasm and eagerness although in a very messy manner.
"As you know my Bobseys are my world so when they are happy, then I am happy." She explained simply with a smile, "Today, you went above and beyond with them, getting them involved in dinner and teaching them something new. If I hadn't offered it to you already then I would definitely be offering you the position right now. The previous nanny that we had would never have considered doing such a thing with the girls, I don't believe they ever got messy and despite what some may think, I do know that the more mess a child makes usually signals how much fun that they had."
Andrea's eyebrows shot up, "They didn't get into any mess at all? No paint? No mud? Nothing?"
Miranda shook her head, "She seemed to be under the impression that everything, including my girls, needed to be pristine."
"That would explain why I couldn't find any aprons for the girls when I was looking." The dark-haired woman commented in between bites of her pizza.
"Well, if you believe that they would benefit from them then do feel free to order them using the card details that I gave you for my personal account." Miranda replied in between bites of her own pizza whilst also watching with a glint of amusement in her eyes as her girls ate theirs.
Andrea nodded, "I know a site that has personalised ones that I think would look great on the girls and you can choose the colours of them too," she said softly before adding, "And they even come with mini baking sets made just for kids."
"Then order those and get the girls to choose which colours they would like." Miranda responded straight away, she never spared any expense when it came to her girls and if it was something that Andrea was suggesting or wanting then she would definitely say yes. The woman could ask for a unicorn and she would try and get it for her.
"So, you serious about the offer earlier?" Andrea asks.
"When have I ever said something that I didn't mean?" Miranda questioned with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"Never." Came the simple reply from her assistant.
"Well then. I think it's safe to say that I was definitely serious about my offer."
Andrea looked over at the twin redheaded girls who were just finishing eating their pizzas and had sauce all over their faces and hands. They seemed happy though with huge smiles and the woman felt a bloom of happiness in her heart at the fact that she had put those smiles their with their cooking activity and dinner. "Girls? Would you like some garlic bread and salad?"
"Yes, pwease." Caroline answered politely with a tomato sauce smile as Cassidy answered in a similar fashion.
Andrea gave them each a slice of garlic bread and a little bit of salad, unsure if either of them liked any of it but wanting them to try some so that she would know for future reference.